The three pairs of semi-detached cottages with the former Prince of Wales Inn to the right along the Watton to Attleborough Road. March 2026Courtesy Alison Crowter The Prince of Wales Inn and the three pairs of semi-detached cottages (six in all) may have been built at a similar time i.e. between 1843 and 1868. Extract…
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Sale of Reversion or Remainder in fee expectant on the decease of Widow
1818 Auction of Freehold Property On the 28th February, 1818, the Norfolk Chronicle published the notice of a forthcoming auction of premises in Great Ellingham. The auction would take place at four o’clock on the 12th March, 1818, at the Crown Public House in Great Ellingham. The premises appeared in two lots: This throws up…
Marital Disagreement results in a Court Appearance
Extract from 1906 Ordnance Survey Map. Second Edition. Surveyed in 1881. Author’s Collection The above extract from a 1906 Ordnance Survey Map shows the location of the Prince of Wales Public House along the Watton Road in Great Ellingham. Norfolk News report on the Court Case The report of a court case appearing in the…
Sixth Footpath called ‘Church Path’ discontinued in the early c18th
The Inclosures Map for Great Ellingham of 1802 shows four connecting footways weaving their way through various inclosures of land between Long Street and the road leading to the town of Attleborough. However, these four footpaths (together with ten others), were ‘put by and discontinued ‘ by the Inclosure (Great Ellingham) Act of 1799. Extract…
Ploughing Match at the Queens Head
Illustration by Christine Fuller The illustration is creative interpretation and intended for humour only. No offence is intended or implied. The Eastern Daily Press of 12th June, 1906 reported on the third annual ploughing match held at the Queens Head Inn, on the previous Wednesday. Under the stewardship of G Banham and D Woodrow, the…
A Win for the Prince of Wales Quoits Club
Illustration by Christine Fuller The illustration is creative interpretation and intended for humour only. No offence is intended or implied. The Norfolk Chronicle & Norwich Gazette of 7th June, 1902 reported on the Quoits match which took place at the Prince of Wales Inn at Great Ellingham. The match was between the Cock Inn Club…